hey yall! this week, for the weekly review, we’re listening to Love Deluxe, the 1992 record from Sade.
hot DAMN this is an incredible record. from the jump, No Ordinary Love is absolutely fantastic. i believe ive heard this one before, and its juat a delightful track. it was also an absolute delight to recognize Kiss of Life, which i know from MF DOOM sampling on Doomsday. i also really dig Feel No Pain – obv, many of the songs here are straightforwardly romantic tracks, but Feel No Pain and Pearls both are more focused on poverty and social inequality. Bulletproof Soul was absolutely another fave. the first time the chorus came around after accussing the subject of treating love like a gun… really good.
its very funny to say “when the record slows down”, but when the record slows down, it’s still incredibly moving – Pearls uses those strings, and the twist in the second verse of what the pearls are twists like a knife. Mermaid, the closer, is an extremely enchanting instrumental track. a truly perfect way to close out this record. gonna be thinking about this one for a while yet.
faves – No Ordinary Love, Feel No Pain, Kiss of Life, Cherish the Day, Bullet Proof Soul
dislikes –
Love Deluxe – 9/10
i’ll be back next week to listen to In Decay, from Com Truise – in the meantime, please let me know what album you’d like me to review below!